Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
IN THE EAST.

John Roach, the ship builder. died at
New York, at S a. m, Jan. 10. His end was
unmarked by any struggle. He was born in
Ireland and came to this country when 1e
years of age and apprenticed himself to the
AH!aro iron works at Jersey City. In those
years his savings enabled him to start on his
own account in a moderate way. In 1867 he
purchased the Morgan Iron works for $500,
600, and during the next three years the
NePtuni works and Franklin forge, costing
1915, oN. Later he established the great
ship ards at Chester, Pa, where he built
the ships Dolphin, Boston, Atlanta and Chi
cago. In the summer of 1881 he encountered
financial troubles and made an assignment.
His health failed him and malignant can
Ger developed which closed his life.
The dsmelnbered body of man
was found near Lexington, Mass, ON the
9Th. The head and trunk were nearly q
mile apart. The victim was George A.
Cadman, a Somewille milk dealer. He
was last seen i'll the company of strange,
Newlan, the employe of Cad1n4n, has been
arrested as an important witness.
VIM. E. Dizzan a French Canadian
living at EVheelock, VT, has been arrested
for the murder of his five infant children.
In: shs'.ast .fos,n years his wife has given
|::biSti to f;e .:h!ld:e,n::: pn:'two occasions
twins. s,1:5 ..au :tiefe: Che. Brutal father is
charged with having killed with a blow of
his t;ss,.!pon !ha. head; :'ten t.s .'qtant:s
The dry goods ::ttof: Of G: .. Sawyer
& Co., at Hartford, Conn.,, took fire Sun
day noon, aud owing to frozen hydrants
that establishment and two others burned
with the loss Of 100000. T. r. I.aughton,
clerk Of the fire board, lost his life in the
doomed building.
1t is broadly rumored at Washing g.
ton that s2,OOO,00O can be traced to
members of Congress to secure the passage
OF the funding bill. One Congressman
is said to have got $3.50 900. The iObbyiest
sherren, who died last week, paid out $780,
900, the week before he died.
The Edgar Thompson Steel Works
and Carnegie Bros. & Co.. at Braddock, Pa
have resumed operation. The new scale has
not yet been given out, but every thing has
been settled amicably. The advance in
wages will be about 20 per cent over last
years wages.
An explosion of dynamite, used fol-
| blasting, stored in shanty on vacant LOT
in Philadelphia, Pa, exploded Sunday
evening. killing the Waterman. The explo
| sion caused the population of the city ano
| surburban towns to suppose an earthquake
| had TRANSFERRED.
Henry Georges new paper, the
Standard, made its first appearance on
| Saturday. 1t contains an article abou,
nine columns in length from the pen Of Mr.
George on the case of Rev. Father McGlynn.
the Catholic priest who has beenasuspended
from bis passionate.
g. D. Sehelling, a lawyer at 10@
Broadway, New York, shot himself through
| the right temple at Yonkers on the 6tt
| while he was being conveyed to Pough
! keepsie Insane Asylum He has been OF
| unsound mind for some time He will dia
The cold weather of last week has
coverered the st. Lawrence river with ice
| On Saturday the ice was sufficiently strong
! to allow Of the crossing Of teams between
Cape Vincent and Kingston, q distance OF
| II miles. The steam ferry has stopped
Richard Ingraha1n, of Fulton, N. Y.
and Benjaman Benson of Ogdensburg, were
instantly killed, and George Marley, Of Car
thage, badly injured jan. 3,while loading OF
cars in the Jayville mines by q mass Of froz
gu ore and rock falling upon them.
| James <, Nowlin, the hired man o.
Cad,nan who was found mugdered and dis
numbered at Lexington, Mass, has con
fessed TINT he killed his enapleYer in hil
barn, and afterwards cut up th9S body ant
distributed 1t along the highWsy
Frederick, spealth, 80 years old, e
halter residing at 20 Gait on street, New
York city, shot and killeh his wife, Jose
phine. at 8 o'clock Sunday evening and
! afterwards dangerously wounded himself
with the same revolver. a. ~ 1
| 4 five story building on Vest Thir.
teenth street, New York City, occupied by
manufacturing establishments, burned Sun
day evening. Loss 1000. Several fire
men were injured by falling walls.
| William Skinner, proprietor Of an